When I took this photograph in August 2008, the German Minesweeper Auerbach/Oberpfalz (M1093) was in the Atlantic, off the Spanish coast, heading South. Commissioned in 1991 with a complement of 45, she remained in service until 2015.
Author: John Leary
Photo size: 2.7 Mpixels (7.63 MB uncompressed) - 2000x1333 pixels (6.7x4.4 in / 16.9x11.3 cm at 300 ppi)